Grain-door fastener



c'. A. SCHNELL. y GRAIN DOOR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27,1920.

1,405,013. I Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

"2 SHEETSAHEET 1.

INVEN TOR.

i To all whomc't may concern UNiTEn sTi-irnsfgPArENr Aorticifzgf j HARLESA. SCHNELL, `oir w'ninoi'i,L KANSAS, nssieivon or EBERHARD .Ann HARRY Mannen, solin-` oiv. :Serianav 1,4o5,eia; y l 'f AApplication filed July 27,

V- Be it known that l, CHARLES LSCHNELL,

a citizen of the United ttates, residingat Walton, in the county of `Harvey and State of Kansas7 have inventedceitain new' andV` 4use-tui Improvements in Grain-Door F asteners; andi l ClO, :hereby declarethe tollenY- ing to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable .others skilledinthe art -to which it appertainsto malte and use the same.

' I The objectfof the'invention is toprovide a relatively simple and eilicie'nt means vforV securing a grain door'in a cansa-id means being of such constructionas to be readily applicable to cars already. in useand serving` :to effectively retain theA door in such relation tothe opening as to prevent theescape of the grain while permitting ci the ready securingand removal of the doorr when required; .and with these objectsin view thevinventioii consists in a construction panying drawing, infwhich- Y vFigurel is an elevation of the apparatus and a port-ion of thefidoor vsecured thereby,"V viewing the same from the inside of the car,

Figure 2 is 4a vertical sectional view of the door on the pla-ne indicated` 'by the line" 2-2 of Figure- 1 showing the fastening or holdine'f'apparatus emborlyirig'l the invention Y in elevation.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the door fastener showing the usually permanent or fixed door post in elevation.

Figure t is a detail view in vsection of the foot block and attached platel showing the lower ends of the door post and grain post in operative relation therewith.

Figure 5 is a detail view. in perspective of the foot plate detached.

Figure 6 is a similar view of a slightly l modied form of foot plate when it is desii'ed to apply the attachment to a car without removing the door post.A l

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view illustratingia swivel spool mounted onto a clamping bolt. l

v The door post 10 usually forms a part of the structure ofa car and servesV as a bearing for the outer surface of a grain door 11 which may consist of a plurality of super-VV posed planks' of which in the construction illustrated the extremities are interpreted be' GRAIN- noon FASTENER.

end ofthe door post, and'carniedjbythe foot onii:-i-innr" To .ion'iv n; county, Kansas.

i920. semina Senese; i

tween the inner surfaces et said door Y Specificatn of Letters Patent. l 31,

post l.

andthe grain postsxlQ which'are .supported y.

in parallelism with vthe doorposts and are tions of the door vintheir'properV relations post is a ootf block havingat i-tsiouteif end a notch 14 for thereception ofjlt'helow'er 'bloclnis' a foot plate :having 5a -w flanged provided with means forv securingthef'secl Y :opening 16 for embracing the'dooiupost,y saidv u plate beingv effectively bolted as yindicated at 18 tothe' foot block;` In thefmodiiied conf struction il'lusti'atedin Figure 6 thcla'nged opening in thesfoot plate' isopen ratits outer vendtov permit ititor-befittedfto a stationary door post or applied thereto without remov-y ing' posti theopen side of thesaid opening being closed by a clamp plate 18 held in place by threaded Steins 19"andengaged by nuts-20. The, .foot-.plate is *providedwith and combination loie parts of which a pre# ierred 4embodiment is shown `-in lthe.'accoina' seat 2l for the-lower end no v .the grain post llV and a bolt belowfthe'lower surface olf-'the latter by? a nut QSr-while,theiipper end of the grain'post is provided with a vbracketarm A9A-` extend'- lingV toavardand'fbearingngainst the inner surface of thedQOr post and-'slotted as shown 26. The slot permits' jota variation *inV the vdimensions ot-ithejpai'ts Vin the application t190 Y 22, mortised into Vthe lower end Y Y ,of the lY-frain post extends downward through the plate-and thepfoot block and isi-.engaged at 25V for therecepticnifof a securing bolt the necessity of special opera'tionin Athe ed inthe grain post are clamping boltsf27 i .f providedat theirfouter ends with swiv'eled faces' of thedoor sectionsor members, said*v spools beingiitted uponl reduced terminals-.f l

Q8 of the clamping bolts and being held from;

ldisplacement byl transverse Cotter pins '29.' 1 `The spools are preferably provided with re-V duced biting edges 30 for impressing the sur-v Vface of. the doorkv so as to rmlyv engage the same and.` prevent displacementl by jarring or otherwise;

It willr `be seen that the apparatus may be readilyfereeted ina grain ear of 'the ardie-` .spoolsQS for-bearing contact withthe surnary construction as now used, and will serve as an efficient means for securing the door therein against displacement either outwardly or inwardly or longitudinally of the car and hence will guard against the wastage incident to the loosening of the doors ofA grain cars while in transit, and at the same time it will. be seen that the attachment may be applied to a car at a moderate cost and may be used successively upon different cars "if desired, the removal thereof not involving any mutilation of the car or such a damage thereto as will render the same unfit for further use. f

Having thus described the invention, what 'l claim is l. A door fastener for grain carshaving agrain post carrying means for engaging grain door sections or members and adapted kfor arrangement in parallelism with a car door,posta foot'block provided at its outer end with av notch for receiving the'lower end of the'car door post, a foot plate carried by the foot block and having a flanged opening for the reception of the car door post and a seat for the lower end of the grain post, and means for securing the lower end of the grain post in said seat and for threaded in said post and providedrat their'A outer extremities in the interval between the grain post and the car door post with swiveled spools having biting edges for engagement with the surfaces of the grain oor sections or members,

3. A door fastener for grain cars comprising a foot plate .secured to the floor of the car and extending inwardly from the door post thereof, and provided at a distance inwardly of said post with a seat, a grain post having its lower end positioned in said seat, meansto secure the upper end of said grain post to said door post, and door engaging means carried by said grain post, said means comprising a series of independently adjustable clamps.

4i. A door fastener for grain cars having a grain post for arrangement in parallelism with the car door post, a foot plate for en gagement with the grain and car door posts, whereby their lower extremitiesare held in spaced relation, the grain post having its upper end bent to engage the-inner face of the car door post and being provided with a slot, securing means passing through said slot and engaging said door post, and clamping means carried by the grain post for engagement with the door for holding against accidental displacement. Y

5. A door fastener for grain cars including a door post, a grain post arrangedy in lparallel relation thereto, a foot plate having seats for the reception of the lower ends ofv said? posts, means for securing the upper Y ends of the posts together, and door clamps carried by the grain posts. A

6. A- door fastener for grain cars including a door post, a grain post arranged in parallel relation thereto7 afoot plate having seats for the reception of the lower ends of said posts, means securing said plate Sto the floor of the car, means securing the upper ends of the door kposts together, and door clamps carried'bythe grain posts.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses. l CHARLES A.' SCHNELL1 Witnesses: l v

P. V. STRATTON,

P. NEUMAN. 

